The number of workers resigning from their job has increased to a five-year high, a study in the UK shows.

British consumers are downbeat about the economy’s prospects next year, when higher inflation is likely to erode their spending power, a major survey showed, despite signs that growth has remained robust since June’s Brexit vote.

Male managers earned average bonuses twice as big as those of their female counterparts in the past year, according to new research.

Pay rises in private firms so far this year have averaged 2.8%, the highest level since the end of 2008, according to a report today.